Course Information

Primitive Skills

This student and staff favorite is perfect for people who want to have the skills to live in the wild, by choice or in case of a survival emergency. Each of the three days of this course is packed with hands-on skills that our ancestors once used for their livelihood.

In this course, you’ll gain the skills to:

Build a warm, dry shelter from natural materials with your bare hands

Identify water sources and have the skills to primitively disinfect the water

Safely identify high food value wild edible plants

Begin your foundation in friction fire making skills with bow and drill

Identify rocks that you can make tools with, and then create those tools

Set traps that could catch animals for food and fur

Make string from the wild plants around you

Make wooden containers for storage and cooking

Safely make jerky to store extra meat

Each student gets the chance to stay on site in their own shelter during the class, and receive a copy of our Advanced Survival Training primitive survival manual with full color photos and written skills information.

2018 dates for Primitive Skills are March 19-21, May 5-7, August 6-8, November 10-12, December 10-12, held near Stafford, Va. Course tuition is $379

Join Our Mailing List

All text, photos, and graphics are protected by copyright. Any exceptions are listed on our Photo Credits page. No part of this website may be copied or reproduced without the permission of Advanced Survival Training. Violators are subject to prosecution under penalty of law.